BioWare & Nvidia: Let me get this straight . . .

I play on NVidia. No problems.

Problem exists between chair and keyboard.

where are you getting this info from im just curious?

nVIDIA has pretty much lost the race for the next generation of GPUs. They got off the boat when they got into a dispute with Microsoft over the fact their cards will "dribble" (suddenly start reading from the page file back to the card RAM until the card resets) when running Win7. MS says it's N's fault. N says it's a Win7 problem. They both let it ride, and as far as I know no forward movement has been made. None of N's new drivers solve the problem. That alone is enough to look askance at nVidia's offerings.

However, the new generation of cards have nVidia's offering woefully lacking. It's highly recommended you bail on nVidia first chance you get, even if you have their motherboard.

So strange... I have always used the NVidia brand of graphics card and they have worked without fault. My computer is a Hewlett-Packard Company personal computer which utilises the Microsoft Corporation operating system type Windows 7 [ 64-bit ] to which I specifically requested and had fitted a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 graphics display adaptor. My experience of the card is that it has worked without fault. The Star Wars game The Old Republic runs perfectly with none of the reported issues, as does Blizzard's World of Warcraft, Trions Rift and Cryptic Studio's Star Trek Online. I am somewhat puzzled by your comments which appear like many on this thread to lack solid supporting evidence. Could I ask that those that choose to make such accusations provide links to articles and reports setting out the various issues so that I may better understand what others are experiencing.

I am tempted to believe until proven otherwise that the real issue is as ever user/hardware error only insomuch that conflicts are likely to occur between data transfer and processing mechanisms within the system restricting the flow of information to the various processing facilities. This often can be due to ill-constructed networks, poor service facilities from data source factors and badly managed software conflicting with the machines operating system. To blame a reputable organisation such as NVIDIA in this way is seriously misguided given the limited technical knowledge of the average computer gamer.

If i'm not mistaken. The latest update to drivers that they came out with has improved performance in SWTOR.

I don't have a Nvidia card but this is what everyone in my guild is saying.

Are you freaking kidding me? Nvidia and AMD are compensated for their work by the customers who buy their cards.

They are in the business to make video cards and making their hardware work with the software is their job.

If they want gamers to buy their cards than they make their cards compatible with the software that the gamers use.

Except it is compatible with the games I want to play. The driver updates aren't generally for compatibility, but for enhancement.

nVIDIA has pretty much lost the race for the next generation of GPUs. They got off the boat when they got into a dispute with Microsoft over the fact their cards will "dribble" (suddenly start reading from the page file back to the card RAM until the card resets) when running Win7. MS says it's N's fault. N says it's a Win7 problem. They both let it ride, and as far as I know no forward movement has been made. None of N's new drivers solve the problem. That alone is enough to look askance at nVidia's offerings.

However, the new generation of cards have nVidia's offering woefully lacking. It's highly recommended you bail on nVidia first chance you get, even if you have their motherboard.

Well then what am I supposed to buy?? That garbage that ATI puts out and calls a video card? I mean seriously? Biggest piece of junk I have ever purchased in my life is when my co-worker talked me into trying a system with a 5870 in it... Say 'Oh ATI has fixed all of its old issues.' I've had nothing but issues with this thing. I've sent it back to the manufacturer 3 times for resolution. Out of owning it for 1 year, they have had it for 3 months. I personally will never buy their crap again.